Prairie Ridge Scores Twice Late In Game

Injured Player Tallies To Beat Schaumburg

The turning point of Saturday's non-conference boys soccer game between No. 5 Prairie Ridge and host Schaumburg came with about 10 minutes left in the second half.

Prairie Ridge coach Dave O'Leary turned to senior forward C.J. Bachman, who had left the game six minutes earlier with a hip pointer, and asked him if he wanted to go back in.

Good thing for the Wolves that Bachman said yes. He broke a scoreless tie with 8:21 left on a shot from 30 yards. Seventy-eight seconds later, Bachman finessed the ball to Paul Morreale, whose goal gave Prairie Ridge (14-0-1) a 2-0 victory. Schaumburg fell to 6-5-2.

"We dominated most of the game and just needed to put one in," Bachman said. His goal came on Prairie Ridge's 12th shot of the second half.

O'Leary said he thought his defenders--Owen Hoyt, Matt Lenio, Lance Steagall and Tim Ferrite--"did a much better job of marking people. That was a big difference in the game."

-- Alan Sutton

New Trier 7, Buffalo Grove 1: Greg Badger and Adrian DeBontin each scored two goals as the top-ranked Trevians (14-0) cruised to a non-conference win. Andy Sholl had eight saves for New Trier. Tom Mendoza had the lone goal for Buffalo Grove (11-3-2).

Lincoln-Way 4, Neuqua Valley 2: Ned Grabavoy scored four goals, three in the first half, for the third-ranked Knights (14-2-1). Grabavoy now has 10 goals in his last three games.

Evanston 0, Loyola 0: No. 6 Evanston dominated the game but could not put the ball in the net. The Wildkits (11-1-4) had eight shots on goal and seven corner kicks as Loyola (7-6-2) played the entire second half a man down.

Rolling Meadows 1, Jacobs 1: Patrick Dwyer scored in the first half for No. 9 Rolling Meadows, which played most of the second half a man down. Dennis Norton had a goal for Jacobs (4-7-3).

Barrington 6, Hoffman Estates 1: The Broncos scored five goals in the first half to cruise in the Mid-Suburban West. Matt Stadler and Carl Skanderup had two goals apiece for Barrington (10-4, 1-2).

Benet 2, Carmel 1: Nick Aguilar's 14th goal of the season was the game-winner with 1:30 left in overtime as Benet (9-2-2, 6-0) remained undefeated in the East Suburban Catholic. Chris Fagnant scored for Carmel (14-3, 4-1).